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HOTELS A special taste of PATA


THERE will be a very special chance to experience an authentic taste of the Pacific and Asia region on September 11 – so put the date in your diary. This dedicated travel trade promotional evening will be held in a central London location (to be decided), and will give those attending the chance to sample amazing food, exciting demonstrations, dancing and displays from across the PATA region. Co-sponsored by Selling Long Haul, the free evening event will be your chance to get bang up to date with all the news and developments from PATA’s members.


Full details will be available soon. See you there!


Collette will span the world in 2015/16


COLLETTE’S 2015/2016 preview brochure, which received an earlier- than-ever-before launch, features tours that cover the globe. The tours, predominantly long-haul and mostly in Collette’s best-selling destinations USA and Canada but also including Australia, New Zealand, China, South America and South Africa, are for departures from January 2015 through to April 2016. Collette’s newly-featured tours include the National Parks of America tour which has added an option to finish with a Denver city break and a flight back direct from Denver. The 15-day tour is priced from £3149pp. Collette has seen its sales increase


by 26% over the last 12 months, said Peter Traynor, General Manager. trade-gate.co.uk


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Costa Cruises looks for Godmother agent


COSTA Cruises is looking for a travel agent to be ‘Godmother’ to its new flagship Costa Diadema, nicknamed ‘Regina del Mediterraneo’ (or Queen of the Mediterranean Sea), which launches on November 7 2014 in Genoa. The agent, named ‘La Madrina della


Regina’ (the Queen’s Godmother) will be selected from submissions made by Costa’s travel partners from around the world. All agents who are partners of Costa Cruises (owners, directors or sales staff of a travel agency working with the company) can submit their candidature by visiting madrinadellaregina.it. Candidates will be requested to upload their picture and answer three easy questions.


Jumeirah’s taste of summer


BY ALAN ORBELL DUBAI-BASED Jumeirah Group has a Jumeirah Summer Flavours package at selected hotels in Dubai which offers complimentary breakfast, a choice of lunch or dinner in over 50 participating restaurants, access to Wild Wadi Waterpark, beach access, free in-room internet access and access to the Sinbad’s Kids clubs where applicable.


The package is available until


September 30 2014 at Madinat Jumeirah, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Jumeirah Creekside Hotel or Jumeirah Zabeel Saray. Meanwhile, in March 2016 the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai is to add a fourth, larger property


to the existing three IN BRIEF Trade show dates: The date for


Tourism New Zealand’s TRENZ trade show, in Rotorua, is May 17-20, 2015, (Tourismnewzealand.com). Tourism Fiji has announced that the second Fiji Tourism Exchange 2015 will be held June 15-19 2015,


immediately prior to the


Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE) 2015 in Melbourne. fijiantourismexpo.com


New rep for the Maldives: McCluskey


International has been appointed the UK representative for the Maldives Marketing and PR Corporation (MMPRC) and will focus on strengthening the destination’s image. said:


“We are excited to be promoting


the new-era Maldives and look forward to increasing arrivals.” visitmaldives.com


Chile turns to AVIACIRCLE: Turismo Chile has appointed travel representation company AVIACIRCLE as its new UK agency.


AVIACIRCLE’s Judy McCluskey MD, Robert


Keysselitz, said: “I was personally very keen to work on this pitch, having spent a lot of time in Chile travelling on my motorbike and sailing there.” chile.travel


boutique hotels which will add 433 sea- facing luxury rooms and suites to the portfolio. And Madinat Jumeirah’s 10th anniversary celebrations this year will culminate in a global celebration on October 10 2014 that will include all 22 Jumeirah properties. The newest Jumeirah hotel in Dubai is


the Creekside described by its General Manager as ‘a contemporary art and lifestyle hotel’. “We commissioned 482 pieces of art by Middle East artists and now offer art tours of the hotel,” he said. The hotel is located in the cultural


centre of Dubai and operate shuttles to the beach and malls. Guests can check-in anytime and check out 24 hours later. jumeirah.com


The chosen agent will be a star for the night at the christening event and will be seated close to Costa Diadema’s captain. During the ceremony, the Godmother will be on stage to pronounce “I give you the name Costa Diadema” and will cut the ribbon and break a bottle of champagne on the ship’s bow. The Costa Diadema will cruise in the


Mediterranean from November 8 until the end of the 2015 summer season. costacruises.co.uk


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